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🇬🇧 James Baldwin

Racing driver from United Kingdom. GT World Challenge Europe, Garage 59.
Driver facts
Full name
James Baldwin
Born
28 August 1997(b. 1997)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Garage 59
Series
GT World Challenge Europe
Status
Active
Career wins
1
Career podiums
4
Career starts
15
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
4,148
James Baldwin
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,148
Rank 2925 of 38,983 indexed, +0 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

James Baldwin is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in GT World Challenge Europe for Garage 59. Baldwin has recorded 1 win and 4 podiums from 15 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,148 ranks Baldwin 2925th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2025 form
Last 15 races, finish position (higher is better)
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Recent results
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2025-10-11BarcelonaGT World Challenge EuropeP36−45
2025-08-30NürburgringGT World Challenge EuropeP18+70
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+169Oulton Park 2020British GT ChampionshipP1
+145Brands Hatch 2020British GT ChampionshipP2
+127Silverstone 2020British GT ChampionshipP3
+108Donington Park Gp2 2020British GT ChampionshipP3
+69Nürburgring 2025GT World Challenge EuropeP18
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2025▸GT World Challenge EuropeGarage 59200000P37+244,148
2024▸GT World Challenge EuropeGarage 59200000P40↑571−764,124
2022▸SCCA Regionals200000P12−4403,629
2020▸British GT ChampionshipJenson Team Rocket RJN914000P4+2,7194,069
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Baldwin finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇬🇧 Sandy MitchellFIA Platinum4,9271331023%
🇬🇧 Dean MacDonaldFIA Gold5,195129375%
🇫🇮 Patrick KujalaFIA Gold3,272114736%
🇬🇧 Sam De HaanFIA Silver4,592103730%
🇳🇱 Yelmer BuurmanFIA Platinum4,79995456%
🇬🇧 Ollie WilkinsonFIA Gold4,68096367%
🇬🇧 Ian Loggie4,61895456%
🇬🇧 Rob Collard4,56992722%
🏳️ Adam BalonFIA Bronze4,06993633%
🏳️ Lewis ProctorFIA Silver3,86996367%
🇯🇵 Jenson ButtonFIA Platinum, 2× champion5,656110100%
🇮🇹 Alessandro Pier GuidiFIA Platinum, 5× champion5,50731233%
🇩🇪 Luca StolzFIA Platinum5,44331233%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
2,916🇨🇦 Adam AliGT World Challenge Europe4,149
2,917🇩🇪 Alfred Renauer24H Series4,149
2,918🇺🇸 Dave KudraveIndyCar4,149
2,919🇮🇹 Gabriele SabatiniFIA GT Championship4,149
2,920🇫🇷 Jean-Philippe DayrautEuropean Le Mans Series4,149
2,921🇯🇵 Keiko IharaWEC4,149
2,922🇺🇸 Danny BohnNASCAR Truck4,148
2,923🇺🇸 David DonohueNASCAR Xfinity4,148
2,928🇦🇷 Étienne CheliGT World Challenge Europe4,148
2,924🇨🇦 Gianmarco RaimondoGP2 Series4,148
2,925🇬🇧 James BaldwinGT World Challenge Europe4,148
2,926🇬🇧 Nathan KinchFIA GT Championship4,148
2,927🇨🇦 Stephen SimpsonIMSA Pilot Challenge4,148
2,929🇺🇸 Adam AndrettiNASCAR Truck4,147
2,930🇫🇷 Ange BardeFerrari Challenge4,147
2,931🇺🇸 Jack WoodARCA Menards Series4,147
2,932🇺🇸 Scott WimmerNASCAR Xfinity4,147
2,933🇨🇭 Walter BrunFIA GT Championship4,147
2,934🇺🇸 Bubba AdamsNASCAR Xfinity4,146
2,935🇺🇸 Chase PistoneNASCAR Truck4,146
2,936🇺🇸 Chris MenningaIndyCar4,146
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James Baldwin holds a Racer Rating of 4,151, placing him at professional level in sportscar and endurance racing. The FIA grades him Silver, a professional-level classification for drivers typically young or early in their careers within GT and endurance competition. His career on record spans five seasons from 2020 to 2025, though with only 13 starts across two series, his racing programme has been sporadic rather than a full-time commitment.[1]

Baldwin's record shows isolated peaks among a competitive mid-field presence. He scored one win and three additional podiums across nine starts in the 2020 British GT Championship with Jenson Team Rocket RJN, establishing his strongest credentials in that series. His competition against established professionals has been notably one-sided. Against Sandy Mitchell, a Platinum-graded former champion, he finished ahead in three instances but trailed in ten shared races. Similar patterns emerge against other Platinum-graded drivers and former champions; he has beaten them once or twice each in single instances rather than establishing competitive parity. His head-to-head record against fellow semi-professionals is more mixed, with balanced or slightly negative records against drivers such as Patrick Kujala and Sam De Haan.[2]

His most recent activity in 2025 GT World Challenge Europe has seen limited success; across two rounds he remains unclassified in the podium positions. Baldwin has diversified into sim racing, now serving as a Mercedes Formula 1 simulator driver and competing in esports championships, areas where his profile has grown more prominent than his real-world circuit racing presence.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Sim racer James Baldwin joins Mercedes F1 simulator driver programme[1]
Esports Insider
5 Feb 2026
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FIA Motorsport Games champion James Baldwin signs for Team Redline[2]
Esports Insider
15 Jan 2026
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Why James Baldwin STRUGGLED with NASCAR. The fix is easy.[3]
The Daily Downforce
10 Dec 2025
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